"(I'm) Confessin' (that I Love You)" (also known as "Confessin'", "I'm Confessin'" and "Confessin' that I Love You") is a jazz standard, jazz and popular music, popular standard that has been recorded many times.

Background

The song was first produced with different lyrics as "Lookin' For Another Sweetie", credited to Chris Smith (composer), Chris Smith and Sterling Grant, and recorded by Fats Waller, Thomas "Fats" Waller & His Babies on December 18, 1929. In 1930 it was reborn as "Confessin'", with new lyrics by Al Neiburg, and with the music this time credited to Doc Daugherty and Ellis Reynolds. Louis Armstrong made his first, and highly influential, recording of the song in August 1930, and continued to play it throughout his career. Unlike the crooners, Armstrong did not try to deliver the original song's lyrics or melody; instead, he smeared and dropped lyrics and added melodic scat breaks.

Cover versions

Other important recorded versions in the United States were done by: *Chester Gaylord (1930) *Seger Ellis (1930) *Guy Lombardo (1930), Rudy Vallee (1930) *Perry Como (1945) *Les Paul and Mary Ford (1952) *Thelonious Monk (1965) *Anne Murray (1993) *Samara Joy (2022) The song was also a number one hit for Frank Ifield in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1963.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Confessin' Songs with lyrics by Al J. Neiburg Perry Como songs 1930 songs 1963 singles UK Singles Chart number-one singles Irish Singles Chart number-one singles Judy Garland songs Van Morrison songs Johnnie Ray songs Frank Ifield songs 1930s jazz standards Songs with music by Chris Smith (composer)

Background

Cover versions

See also

References